Is Wilson County’s controversial Global Vision Church really about to leave its big, white tent? Plus the local news for November 21, 2024.
NashVillager Podcast: Separation of church and Tennessee
How separate are church and state in our state? Plus the local news for August 22, 2024.
NashVillager Podcast: Witches in the church
Will moving a controversial church end the lawsuits in Wilson County? Plus the local news for August 15, 2024.
No drinking and only Christian music during Sunday Gospel Hour at Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk
Robert’s Western World is Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk and practically synonymous with country music. But for an hour on Sunday mornings no one can drink alcohol and they can only listen to Christian music.
30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education
It was a breakout moment in the evangelical purity movement — a movement that impacts sex education in the United States to this day. Jill Dender was one of the first teens to sign the pledge while traveling with her youth group from Tulip Grove Baptist in Nashville
Oops. Southern Baptist agency announces firing of its leader, then retracts that announcement.
There’s been a head-spinning reversal of messages from the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. On Sunday, its leader applauded President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. On Monday, the agency announced the firing of that leader, Brent Leatherwood. But on Tuesday, it retracted that announcement.
NashVillager Podcast: Politics and the Southern Baptist Convention
How does the annual national meeting of Southern Baptists affect Tennessee’s political landscape? Plus your local newscast for June 13, 2024.
Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any women pastors
Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have narrowly rejected a proposal to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution. The outcome still leaves the SBC with its official doctrinal statement saying the office of pastor is limited to men.
Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider
The Southern Baptist Convention is preparing to vote on a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. The vote will take place at the annual meeting of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination June 11-12 in Indianapolis. The denomination’s statement of faith says the office of pastor is reserved for men. However, that statement is non-binding. By some estimates, the proposal could affect hundreds of churches with women as either lead or associate pastors. The denomination can’t tell its independent churches what to do, but it can boot them out. Even without a formal ban last year, it ousted one of its largest congregations, Saddleback Church of California, for having women pastors.
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